Seemandhra MPs to submit resignations again after rejection

A. Sai Prathap of the Congress said the MPs would meet in a couple of days to take a decision on submitting the resignation letters in "speaker format".

"We will once again submit our resignations and if the speaker again rejects them, we will vote against Telangana bill in parliament," he said. Another Congressman M. Sreenivasalu Reddy said they still stand by the people of Seemandhra opposing the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Another MP L. Rajagopal, who recently moved the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the speaker to accept his resignation, said he would again meet the speaker on Monday to submit a fresh resignation letter.

He said the speaker appeared to have rejected the resignations on the ground that they were submitted on an emotional basis.

The speaker rejected the resignation of 13 MPs, including 10 from Congress party. Two MPs are from YSR Congress Party and one from Telugu Desam Party.

According to the statement from the speaker's office: "No resignation has been accepted".